Some of you probably like frozen bananas that are dipped in Chocolate. This is better. Much better. If you freeze a banana until solid, then blend it fiercely in a food processor, it gets creamy. When I first saw this recipe on Use Real Butter . . .I was surprised You would assume that frozen bananas would produce and ice-milk type mixture. I assumed wrong! This is a creamy, scrumptious ice cream.

Peel the bananas and slice them up into 1/4 inch disks. Place the banana slices in the freezer for about 2 hours or until they are frozen solid. Put the frozen slices in a food processor and pulse. You may need to stop it and push the mixture away and down from the sides. Continue blending, blending and blending until it’s a creamy Rich Ice Cream.

Place in freezer until set as desired or add:

Peanut Butter and Cocoa Powder or Hot Fudge Sauce and blend again until mixed thoroughly and creamy.

Place in the freezer until set. You could add chocolate chips, berries, nuts, toffee pieces, etc.

You are a genius ! Do you think this would work with any other frozen fruit ?ReplyCancel

Brandi -07/13/2011 - 8:12 am

Oh my heck! That is so awesome. I am going to go cut up bananas right now!!! This just may be what I need to get me through the diet and am yet to start… laughing!ReplyCancel

Kira -07/13/2011 - 8:32 am

This is the most incredible simple dessert I have seen for a while. I absolutely love it! I happen to have two bunches of speckled bananas on the counter and just this morning thought – oh, don’t waste them, make banana bread – but this is sooo much better! Thanks!ReplyCancel

Wendy -07/13/2011 - 3:00 pm

I’ve been using frozen bananas since I was a little girl. I wasn’t very fond of eating breakfast and my mother used to make me frozen banana milkshakes and smoothies to get something healthy in me before school.ReplyCancel

Monica -08/03/2011 - 7:43 pm

I love just get off your butt and bake!! (the name too!) We loved this ice cream, I wasn’t completely convinced it tasted like ice cream until I tried it, it’s fantastic. My five year old son told me last night that he put more bananas in the freezer so we could have some more today. I was a little afraid of how he had placed them in the freezer, but he had cut them into slices and put them into a bowl. We are hooked, we will be stocking up on bananas!ReplyCancel

A fabulous idea! I had 2 frozen sliced bananas in the fridge and just whipped them up with some peanut butter. It was good – but it ended up being a bit, shall we say sticky? a little stringy like bananas sometimes get? It was delicious and I had no problem eating it, but I was wondering if you had any tips for making it more creamy and less banana-y. Maybe a little milk?? Thanks in advance!ReplyCancel